It wasn’t all that long ago that it seemed like quite a feat to squeeze a terabyte of storage into a laptop-sized 2.5 inch drive. Now Samsung has gone a bit further by introducing the first 1TB mSATA solid state drive. The Samsung 840 EVO mSATA SSD measures about 3.85mm (0.15 inches) thick and weighs […]
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480GB solid state disks coming soon to ultrabooks?
PC makers have a choice when designing ultrabooks: include a large hard drive with a small solid state cache disk to meet Intel’s ultrabook guidelines, or just include a solid state disk. The SSD-only option lets device makers build thinner PCs, because solid state disks don’t have to take up as much physical space as […]
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Giada launches i35V nettop with mSATA storage for $160
Giada has introduced yet another tiny desktop computer. The Giada i35V is the third model we’ve seen this month, and it’s just as little as Giada’s other small-form-factor computers. But what makes the Giada i35V Mini PC stand out isn’t the 1 inch-thick case. It’s what’s under the hood. The computer features a 1.86 GHz […]
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RunCore Pro V Series T50 Is First SATA III (6 Gbps) mSATA SSD
Solid State Disk maker RunCore has launched a new line of high performance mSATA disks. The RunCore T50 is the first SATA III rated (6Gbps) mSATA disk available, and it’s aimed at high-end portable laptops. Right now only a small number of systems actually use the mSATA standard and most are only rated for SATA II. But […]
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Review: MyDigitalSSD 64GB 50mm Bullet Proof mSATA SSD
Solid State Disks come in all shapes and sizes, offering low power, quieter, and faster storage alternatives to traditional hard drives. But they also tend to be more expensive. MyDigitalDiscount’s latest line of SSDs are relatively inexpensive solutions given the price. The online retailer has been producing a line of SSDs for netbooks, notebooks, and tablets […]
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Review of Renice K3VLAR 50mm mSATA SSD
Since my last review of a Renice Technology Mini PCIe form factor solid state disk the company has upped it’s line of Mini PCIe form factor SSDs to include the Renice K3VLAR 50MM mSATA SSD, which adds Renice to the still small but growing list of companies now producing mSATA drives. Typical of many mSATA […]
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MyDigitalSSD launches “Bullet Proof” storage for notebooks, tablets
MyDigitalSSD has launched a new line of mSATA solid state disks which are designed to work with laptops ant tablets including the Asus Eee Slate EP121, Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E220s, and Google Cr-48 Chrome OS notebook. The new MyDigitalSSd Bullet Proof solid state disks are available in sizes ranging from 32GB to 128GB and offer […]
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Netbook SSDs to get a standard connector
Companies like RunCore, Active Media, and Super Talent that put out SSD upgrades for netbooks have to deal with a series of different connectors, which means that an SSD upgrade that works with an Asus Eee PC might not work with a Dell Inspiron Mini or HP Mini netbook. But it looks like that could […]